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CAS clears Richard Gasquet of wrong doing for March suspension.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport accepted
Richard Gasquet's claim that he'd ingested trace amounts of cocaine through physical contact with a female clubgoer this past March after withdrawing from Key Biscayne with an injury.
CAS dismissed appeals from the WADA and ITF that called for Gasquet to be banned for up to two years.
“It was impossible for the player, even when exercising the utmost caution, to know that in kissing a woman who he had met in a totally unsuspicious environment, he could be contaminated with cocaine,” the court said in a statement.
A CAS Panel of three lawyers said that the amount of cocaine found in Gasquet's system was "minute" and he was "clearly not a regular cocaine user."
Gasquet can now prepare for the Australian Open in January. He missed the French Open and Wimbledon while suspended, and in his first main-draw match after returning lost in straight sets to top-seeded
Rafael Nadal at the U.S. Open.
It's good to hear that even in the light of
Wickmayer's and Malisse's suspensions, and the admitted Crystal meth use of
Andre Agassi, the CAS still is still able to try cases with a clear conscience and serve the correct rulings in cases heard.
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